Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Kazabalykskiy Superearly 🌍 Origin: An older commercial variety that has circulated in Russian seed shops since at least the mid-1990s. The name is widely believed to be a slight spelling corruption of the Karabalyk district in Kazakhstan. 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). An absolute workhorse of a plant. Usually tops out … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Starting Early Potatoes Indoors 🌱 The Timing: To get an extra-early harvest, you can start seed potatoes indoors (or in a greenhouse) about 14-15 days before your outdoor planting date. 📰 DIY Newspaper Pots: Many growers use homemade newspaper pots (cylinders) instead of plastic cups. Why? Because potatoes create massive root … Read more
📌 Quick Summary: Volgograd Early 323 🌍 Origin: A classic, historic commercial variety released in 1973 by the Volgograd Experimental Station of the VIR (Vavilov Institute). It is a cross between a local Russian variety and the American Bush Beefsteak. 🌱 Plant Habit: An extremely compact determinate (almost micro-dwarf in scale). The bushy, heavily branched … Read more
Discussion from the Greenhouse Growers Forum | Moscow Region USDA Zone 4 📌 Quick Summary: The “One-Plant” No-Prune Method In the West, greenhouse (high tunnel) cucumbers are usually planted densely and aggressively pruned to a single vine (the Lower and Lean method). This Russian grower’s method flips that logic completely upside down. The core principles … Read more